Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-09-15
ORDINANCES NO. 226.

Granting to the parties herein named the
privilege to construct, maintain, and
operate street railroad in the City
of Sacramento, and granting to them
the right of way for said street rail
road over, upon, and along certain
streets in the City of Sacramento.
THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE CITY
i of Sacramento do ordain rs follows:
SECTION l. There is hereby granted TO r. s.
and G. w. Carey, their heirs and assigns, sub
ject to the provisions of the statutes governing
the City OF Sacramento and subject to the laws
of the State OF California the right to construct
lay down, repair, maintain and operate for the
term of fifty years from and after the passage OF
this ordnance single or double track street
railway or railroad, with all necessary or con-
yenieut tracks for curves, turn cuts, switches
sde-tracks stations turntables and append
ages, and to propel cars thereon by horse or mule
power. or by wire ropes running under the
streets and moved by stationary steam engines
or by electricity or electric power, and TO col
lect, receive and retain fare and compensation
for the use thereof, in through, on, over or
along. and in, through, on, over, and along the
following streets and parts Of streets in the City
of sacramento. that is 10 say: Commencing at
the street railroad track now at the center of
the intersection OF and Twentieth GOTH
streets, and running thence hong the middle of
X street to TweDty-eighth (2Sth) street: also
commencing at the street railroad track ut the
center of the intersection of o and Twentieth
(20th) streets, and running thence along street
to Iwenty-eighth street, the same being extern
sions of the railroad or railway now owned and
operated by said K. S. and G. w Carey
SECTION .. The rate of fare on such railroad
or railway must not exceed the sum of five cents
for single fare.
SECTION 3. The grantees herein named shall
pay to the City of Sacramento an annual license
of five dollars upon each car run and operated
upon said railroad or railway, which shall en-
title them to run, manage and operate their
railroad or railway every day in the year.
fiSECTioS 4. The grantees herein named may at
at any time, with the consent of the Board of
Trustees of said City of Sacramento, abandon
any part or portion of the franchise hereby
granted upon filing with the Board of Trustees
of the City of sacramento written declaration
of such abandonment. particularly describing
The consent of the Board of Trustees to such
abandonment must also be in writing.
SECTION 5. The rate of speed on said railroad
or railway must not be greater than eight miles
per hour.
SECTION 6. The grantees herein named shall
pay and be assessed for the cost of improving the
portion of the streets or street embraced between
the rails of the track or tracks of their railroad
railway. and for two feet on each side thereof;
and such assessment shall be lien against the
franchise and railroad of said grantees from the
date of such assessment, and may be collected
in the same manner as other assessments for
improving streets are collected: and said
! grantees shall keep said portion of said street
or streets constantly in repair and flush with the
street and with good crossings.
SECTION :. If electricity is used no poles shall
be erected in the streets for the use thereof by
| said parties.
Section S. This ordinance shall take effect i'm.
| mediately. EUGENE J. GREGORY,
| President Board OF Trustees
| Passed September l., 1887.
T.. Ii. MCKEE, Clerk. s13-10t